In doing this API study I learned a lot. The first half of the assignment, researching the author and getting materials they have written was great. I learned a lot about the author as well as saw similarities in his writings. I also thought the second half was great, presenting the material we found important to a small group. I liked this part a lot because it was helpful to learn about other authors and think of how you could teach about authors to students in your class. This semester I have heard a lot of books by Jon Scieszka, so I decided to study him for my API project.
Jon's website is http://www.jsworldwide.com/ . This website has a lot of cool information about Jon, books he has written, and other things he has done and is in the process of doing.
Jon was born in Flint, Michigan on September 8, 1954 to Shirley and Louis Scieszka. He was the 2nd oldest son of 6 boys. His mother registered nurse and his father was an elementary school principal. Jon Scieszka went to Culver Military Academy for high school and became Lieutenant Scieszka. Jon wanted to be a doctor so he studied both Science and English at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, graduating in 1976. Scieszka lived in Detroit then moved to Brooklyn, NY to write instead. He earned his MFA in Fiction from Columbia University in New York in 1980. Jon painted apartments and taught at The Day School in New York City as: 1st grade Assistant Teacher, graduated to teaching 2nd grade, taught 3rd and 4th grade Math, 5th grade History, and then some 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Jon decided to take a year off of teaching to write stories for kids. He realized that kids are smart and the best audience for weird and funny stories.
Scieszka sent stories around to many publishers, and got rejected by all of them. He kept painting apartments and writing stories.
Jon's wife, Jeri, worked in New York as a magazine art director and introduced him to Lane Smith. Lane Smith has since been an illustrator of many of Jon Scieszka's books. In 1989, Regina Hayes, editor at Viking Books, published The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Jon's books have won many awards and sold over 11 million copies all around the world. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, and 2 kids: Casey (daughter), Jake (son).
Some interesting facts about Jon are:
-First book read was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss; it’s the book that made The Stinky Cheese Man possible.
- He gets ideas for stories from many different things around him
- He reads many things, thinks about different stories all the time, scribbles things down, types them, changes them, thinks more, adds more, always editing until story feels and looks satisfactory
- Scieszka writes books because “loves to make kids laugh”
- Jon's motto in writing is: “never underestimate the intelligence of your audience”
A few of Jon’s stories are:
Math Curse, Science Verse, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Robot Zot!, Baloney (Henry P.), Seen Art?, Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci, See You Later, Gladiator and The Stinky Cheese Man
Extra things Jon Does that I find inspirational:
-Trucktown, which is a giant pre-school publishing program that is a world where all of the characters are trucks. All of the trucks act like real preschoolers – loud, crazy, wild, and funny. The link to Trucktown's website is: http://www.simonandschuster.com/specials/kids/behindthepulse/trucktown/
I really liked this website because it has a section for parents and teachers and another for extra activities for kids. It helps people of all ages get to know the series.
Another things Scieszka does is 'Guys read' which is a literacy initiative for boys. The mission is to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers. I think this is a great idea because, as the website shows, research shows that test scores in reading are lower in boys than girls. The website to this initiative is: http://www.guysread.com/ I think this website is great because it shows different books that guys have read that they think other guys would like.
I thought all of these websites were great because they all had a lot of good history information about the program or what Scieszka has done, but also what is presently going on and what we can see in the future. I think this is a great idea because it will help us as readers look for the new material to come.
Jon's website is http://www.jsworldwide.com/ . This website has a lot of cool information about Jon, books he has written, and other things he has done and is in the process of doing.
Jon was born in Flint, Michigan on September 8, 1954 to Shirley and Louis Scieszka. He was the 2nd oldest son of 6 boys. His mother registered nurse and his father was an elementary school principal. Jon Scieszka went to Culver Military Academy for high school and became Lieutenant Scieszka. Jon wanted to be a doctor so he studied both Science and English at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, graduating in 1976. Scieszka lived in Detroit then moved to Brooklyn, NY to write instead. He earned his MFA in Fiction from Columbia University in New York in 1980. Jon painted apartments and taught at The Day School in New York City as: 1st grade Assistant Teacher, graduated to teaching 2nd grade, taught 3rd and 4th grade Math, 5th grade History, and then some 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Jon decided to take a year off of teaching to write stories for kids. He realized that kids are smart and the best audience for weird and funny stories.
Scieszka sent stories around to many publishers, and got rejected by all of them. He kept painting apartments and writing stories.
Jon's wife, Jeri, worked in New York as a magazine art director and introduced him to Lane Smith. Lane Smith has since been an illustrator of many of Jon Scieszka's books. In 1989, Regina Hayes, editor at Viking Books, published The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Jon's books have won many awards and sold over 11 million copies all around the world. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, and 2 kids: Casey (daughter), Jake (son).
Some interesting facts about Jon are:
-First book read was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss; it’s the book that made The Stinky Cheese Man possible.
- He gets ideas for stories from many different things around him
- He reads many things, thinks about different stories all the time, scribbles things down, types them, changes them, thinks more, adds more, always editing until story feels and looks satisfactory
- Scieszka writes books because “loves to make kids laugh”
- Jon's motto in writing is: “never underestimate the intelligence of your audience”
A few of Jon’s stories are:
Math Curse, Science Verse, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Robot Zot!, Baloney (Henry P.), Seen Art?, Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci, See You Later, Gladiator and The Stinky Cheese Man
Extra things Jon Does that I find inspirational:
-Trucktown, which is a giant pre-school publishing program that is a world where all of the characters are trucks. All of the trucks act like real preschoolers – loud, crazy, wild, and funny. The link to Trucktown's website is: http://www.simonandschuster.com/specials/kids/behindthepulse/trucktown/
I really liked this website because it has a section for parents and teachers and another for extra activities for kids. It helps people of all ages get to know the series.
Another things Scieszka does is 'Guys read' which is a literacy initiative for boys. The mission is to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers. I think this is a great idea because, as the website shows, research shows that test scores in reading are lower in boys than girls. The website to this initiative is: http://www.guysread.com/ I think this website is great because it shows different books that guys have read that they think other guys would like.
I thought all of these websites were great because they all had a lot of good history information about the program or what Scieszka has done, but also what is presently going on and what we can see in the future. I think this is a great idea because it will help us as readers look for the new material to come.
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